The One Question That Should Begin Every Web Design Project

On March 9, 2011, in Web Design, by Brett Duncan

“Why can’t we do this in WordPress?”

That’s it. A simple question, but one that will spare you many, MANY headaches as you go through the process.

Don’t get me wrong. There are times WordPress isn’t appropriate. Amazon would be silly to consider WordPress as its standard content management system.

But for most of you, WordPress is all you need.

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When to Say No to Stock Photos

On October 26, 2009, in Design, Web Design, by Brett Duncan

Is it time to stop using stock photography so much? David Meerman Scott has some tips on avoiding visual gobbledygook.

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“Coming Soon” = Not Our Specialty

On January 4, 2008, in Communication, Consulting, Strategy, Web Design, Web Marketing, by Brett

I stumbled across this New Jersey marketing company’s website as I was surfing tonight. I think it is a pretty informative site that explains the company well until I clicked on this link about PR. In case you didn’t click it, it just says “coming soon.” Every other menu item contains a full description on [...]

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Great Webpage Design

On December 9, 2007, in Creativity, Design, Web Design, by Brett

Chris found the WebDesignerWall’s 50 Best CSS Sites in terms of design. Take a look. My favorite is this one by Freelance Switch. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

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Trial and Error

On November 1, 2007, in Marketing, Web 2.0, Web Design, Web Marketing, by Brett

There is no greater teacher than experience. This is especially true as you try to get your mind around all the new vehicles and tactics available to us as marketers. You can read about something, learn about something, get blown away by something, but you won’t ever really get it until you try it, screw [...]

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7 Great Designers I Know

On August 12, 2007, in advertising, Creativity, Design, Search Marketing, SEO, Web Design, by Brett

Since design has been a popular topic on this blog for the past week or two, it hit me that I’ve had the privilege of working with quite a few great designers myself, and then I know many other great designers that I haven’t worked with. And with the onset of online portfolios and blogs, [...]

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Battle of the Grocery Store Websites

On August 7, 2007, in Design, Web Design, by Brett

I was browsing grocery store websites, and I was shocked by the differences between the Kroger website and the Albertson’s website. One of these looks a lot more professional than the other. The other looks like a college kid threw it together, and some marketing guy said “let’s throw as many resources on the home [...]

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Weekend Reading, Aug. 3-5

On August 5, 2007, in Design, Funny stuff, Life, Web Design, Weekend Reading, by Brett

Interesting links from my browsing this weekend: Viruses in web ads? Say it ain’t so, Joe. Magnosticism points out that now you’ve got to think twice before you click on that sponsored banner on the side of your favorite website. What does this do for pay per click advertising (an already diminishing advertising tactic)? Life [...]

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Weekend Reading, July 13- July 15

Some nice links I ran across over the weekend. In no particular order, of course: Will work for tattoos: The Happs has a nice set of links here, including an interesting read on tattoos and your job hunt. I wonder if it would help your chances to tattoo your potential boss’s name? Lost producer making [...]

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Internet Marketing is Dead

On May 17, 2007, in Design, Marketing, Web 2.0, Web Design, Web Marketing, by Brett

A friend was telling me last night that he and his partner were trying to shift the focus of their company from being just a web design firm into more of an overall internet marketing firm. Two things struck me when he said this which I’ve never really thought of before. “Internet Marketing” and all [...]

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